Veil-pin.



PATENTED FEB. 5, 1907.

J. T. DEAN.

VEIL PIN.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 27, 1906.

Julia'TfDeqfl o i 411d 1 I 4 61 I I I fitter-um JULIA T. DE!

, ()F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

VEIL-PIN.

Application fil d August 27, 1906.

To (all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JULIA T. Dnax, a citizen of the United States,residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State ofW'isconsin, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements inVeil-Pins; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art t which it appertains to make and use the same.

h'ly invention relates to new and useful improvements in securing-pins,and more particular to that class adapted to he used for securing theassembled ends of a veil; and my object is to provide a pin of thisclass whereby the veil will be held securely in place and one that maybe readily applied to use without becoming entangled with the strands cfthe veil.

A further object is to provide yielding means for securing the veil onthe pin.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to, and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which are made a part of this application,Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved veilsecuring pinapplied to use. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the pin removed from theveil. Fig. 3 is an end elevation thereof, on an enlarged scale; and Fig.f is a detail seetional view showing the manner of yieldingly mountingthe veilsecuring device on the pin.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar refer-onee-numeralsdesignate corresponding parts through the several views, 1 indicates thestem or pin portion of my improved de vice, one end of which ispreferably pointed, as at 2, while the opposite end thereof ispreferably enlarged and curved to form a semicircular head 8.

The extreme outer end of the semicircular head 3 is provided with atongue :4, said tongue being integral with the head 3 and of downwardlyfrom the veil-clamp proper 8.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

Serial No. 332,239-

poscd through registering-openings in the arms and tongue. That end. ofthe veilelamp S carrying the arms 7 is curved to conform to thecurvature of the semicircular head 3, so that when the clamp is securedto the semicircular head the two curved parts thereof describe an arc ofa circle, so that when the veil-clamp is in its lowered position thelower reduced end thereof will be directed into engagement with the stemor pin 1 and is nm-mally held disposed in its adjusted position by meansof a spring 10, which is disposed in a socket 11, said socket being inthe clamp 8 between the arms 7, the spring 10 being directed against oneend of a plunger 12, said plunger being disposed in the outer end of thesocket l1 and is longitudinally movable therein, the protruding end ofthe plunger being preferably rounded and engages and moves over the endand upper surface of the tongue 4..

In operation the veil to be secured is disposed around the edge of thehat and over the face of the wearer, after which the ends of the veilare brought together in the rear of the wearers head or rear edge of thehat-brim, and after the assembled ends are properly disposed togetherthe stem or pin portion of my improved securing device is directedthrough the several folds of the veil, and after the pin has beendirected through the folds of the veil a sufficient distance the clamp Sis directed downwardly until the lower end thereof engages the folds ofthe veil upon. the pin, and, as best shown in Fig. i of the drawings,when the clamp S is thus disposed the plunger 12 will engage the edge ofthe veil-claim), thereby securely holding the folds of the veil upon thepin.

\V hen it is desired to remove the veil, the veil-clamp 8 is elevateduntil it assumes the iosition shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4, and whenin this position the plunger 12 will be in engagement with the uppersurface of the tongue 4, which will result in holding the veilclamp 8 inits elevated position, and it will be readily seen that the pin may befreely removed from the folds of the veil as there is nothing upon thepin upon which any of the strands of the veil can become entangled.

It will now be seen that I have provided a The arms 7 are disposed uponeach side of very cheap, durable, and economical device for holding aveil securely in position and 1 one that can be readily introduced mtoor the tongue 4 and are pivotally secured thereto by means of a pin 9,said pin being disremoved from the folds of the veil Without tearing orotherwise mutilating the same, and it will be further seen that I haveprovided means for securely clamping and holding the folds of the veilupon the pin.

What I claim is 1. The herein-described veil-securing device comprisinga stem, a point at one end of said stem, and a semicircular'head at theopposite end thereof, a tongue on said head, a-

clamp havingarms, means to .pivot-ally-secure said'arms to said tongueand additional means to yieldingly retain said clamp in its adjustedposition.

2. Ina device of the class described, the combination with a pointedstem having a semicircular :headat one end. thereof; of a clamp'pivotally secured to said head and havingone of its ends curved tocoincide with the semicircular head on the .pin and means to yieldinglydisposeone end-of said clamp into engagement with said stem, wherebyanarticle disposed upon said stem will be'heldin position thereon.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with a pointedstem having a semicircular head, atongue on said head andshoulders-at'the juncture between said head and tongue ofa clamp havinga curved end, arms on the curved end of'the clamp adapted to engage saidtongue, means to pivotally secure saidarmsto said tongue, aplungerlinsaid clamp and means to exert pressure on said plunger to vdirect thesame into engagement with said tongue.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination with a pointedstem having a semicircular head at one end thereof, a tongue on saidhead, and shoulders at the intersection of the head and tongue; of aclamp having one of its ends curved and pro vided with arms, the lowerends of which are adapted to engage said shoulders, means to pivotallysecure thearms to the tong'ue and additional means to yieldingly holdsaid clamp in its adjusted position.

5. Ina device of the class described, the

combination with a stem having a semicircular head at one end thereof,and ,a tongue integral with said head; of a clamp, one. end of which iscurved, arms integral with said clamp and adapted to engage said tongue,a socketin said-clamp and between said arms, a plunger in said socket, aspring in. said socket adapted to exert pressure on said plunger,whereby one end of theplunger will be directed against said tonguetoyieldingly hold said clamp inits adjusted position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthe'presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JULIA T. DEAN.

Witnesses OSWALD WILMANNS, BERNARD EHR.

